Caught on camera: Good Samaritans on the Treasure Coast help save man from burning truck

Caught on camera: Good Samaritans on the Treasure Coast help save man from burning truck

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Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Oct 19, 2017

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WEBVTT ANGELA: THAT HAPPENED HERE ONTHE CORNER OF TUNIS AVENUE ANDPORT SAINT LUCIE BOULEVARD.TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CANSTILL SEE THE BURN MARKS ON THEROAD.>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST FLAMESSTARTED GOING CRAZY. ANGELA: WAYNE LINDBERG ISDESCRIBING WHAT HE SAW AT THECRASH SCENE THURSDAY MORNING.>> BEFORE THE FIRE TRUCKS CAMEIT STARTED GOING REALLY CRAZYTHAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO WORRYLIKE OH CRAP, WE WERE LIKE RIGHTAT THE WHITE LINES OVER THEREAND WE WERE REAL CLOSE IF ITWOULD HAVE GOT TO THE GAS TANKWE COULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLYHURT. ANGELA: HE SAYS WHEN HE NOTICEDSMOKE HE GRABBED HIS FIREEXTINGUISHER FROM HIS LAWNSERVICE TRUCK AND WENT TO WORK.>> WENT INTO ACTION, GRABBED ITOUT OF THE TRAILER AND JUST RANOVER TO THE CAR AND TRIEDTO FIND WHERE THE FLAMES WERE TOSTART PUTTING IT OUT. ANGELA: PORT ST. LUCIE POLICESAY THE DRIVER OF THAT CHEVYPICKUP TRUCK WAS TRAVELISOUTHBOUND ON PORT ST. LUCIEBOULEVARD WHEN HE HAD SOME SORTOF MEDICAL EPISODE AND CRASHEDINTO TO BACK OF A VAN, INJURINGTHE DRIVER.FIREFIGHTERS WITH THE ST. LUCIECOUNTY FIRE DISTRICT RESPONDEDBUT LINDBERG SAYS BEFORE RESCUECREWS ARRIVED, SEVERAL PEOPLESTOPPED TO HELP PULL THE DRIVERFROM HIS TRUCK BEFORE IT BURSTINTO FLAMES.>> WHEN I WAS SPRAYING THE HOODTHE GUY WAS STILL IN IT AND IHEARD ONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLETHAT WAS HELPING HIM SAYINGDON'T WORRY WE'RE NOT GOING TLET YOU DIE, AND LUCKILY I HADTHAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND ITWAS ABLE TO WORK.ANGELA WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLDAN OFF-DUTY ST. LUCIE COUNTYSHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND A NURSEWERE ON THE SCENE TO HEALTHYDRIVER.POLICE SAY THE DRIVER IN THETRUCK AND THE DRIVER IN THE VANWERE TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBYHOSPITAL WITH NON LIFETHREATENING INJURIES.LIVE IN PORT ST. LUCIE, ANGELA

Caught on camera: Good Samaritans on the Treasure Coast help save man from burning truck

Several people on the Treasure Coast who helped pull a man from his burning vehicle are being called Good Samaritans tonight.

According to the St. Lucie County Fire District, at approximately 11:35 a.m., crews responded to a crash that involved a Chevy pickup truck and a van at the intersection of Port St. Lucie Blvd and Tunis Ave.

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Wayne Lindberg was near the intersection when he noticed smoke, reached into his lawn service truck, grabbed a fire extinguisher and went to work.

"All of a sudden just flames started going crazy. I went into action grabbed it out of the trailer and just ran over and tried to find where the flames were to start putting it out," said Lindberg.

Port St. Lucie police spokesman Master Sgt. Frank Sabol said the driver of the pickup truck was traveling southbound on Port St. Lucie Blvd when he had some sort of medical episode and crashed into the back of the van injuring the driver.

Firefighters with the St. Lucie County Fire District responded.

Lindberg said before rescue crews arrived several people stopped to help pull the driver from his truck before it burst into flames.

"When I was spraying the hood the guy was still in it and I heard one of the other people that was helping him saying don't worry we're not going let you die and luckily I had that fire extinguisher and it was able to work," said Lindberg.

Officials said an off-duty Sheriff's Deputy and an ER nurse helped the victim get medical attention.

They said both the driver of the truck and the van were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.